Synonyms for "badly-off" (75 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

poorimpoverisheddepresseddepriveddestitutediredistresseddonsiedoomfuldown to bedrock

Adjective(5 words)

bad offbankruptbrokebrokenclose to the bone

Strong matches (23)

embarrassedevil-starredfatalfeeling the pinchfortunelessfunesthaplesshard upill offill-offill-starredimpecuniousin adverse circumstancesin narrow circumstancesin queer streetin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstancesinauspiciousland-poorluckless

Adjective(3 words)

emptyhandedimpoverishedindigent

Related words (37)

Adjective(9 words)

moneylesspennilesspenuriouspoorpoor as a church mousepoverty-strickenstonystuckthreadbare

narrowominouson the edgeout of luckout of pocketpinchedplanet-struckpoorly offreducedsadshortshort of cashshort of fundsshort of luckshort of moneysqueezedstar crossedstar-crossedstraitenedstrapped

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unblessedunderprivilegedunfortunateunhappyunluckyunmoneyedunprosperousunprovidential

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